Regular Meeting
Republic Township Board
08-24-06

PRESENT: Adams, Hurst, Johnson, Mattila, Skogman
VISITORS: 7 area residents, Deb Pellow (County Commissioner)

1. Supervisor Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00pm in the Township Hall.

2. Salute to Flag

3. Agenda was presented for approval with the addition of item 7-F [Supervisor] & the deletion of item 9-D [support request].

Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to approve the agenda as amended. CARRIED.

4. Minutes of the following meetings were presented for approval:

07-20-06 [Elec. Comm] 07-27-06 [reg.] 08-07-06 [spec.] 08-09-06 [spec.]

Motion by Adams, seconded by Mattila, to approve the minutes of the above listed meetings as presented. CARRIED.

5. PAYMENT OF BILLS: Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to pay the bills in the amount of $282,739.56. CARRIED.

6. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 2.5 minutes

7. REPORTS:

a) Trustee Adams- attended & reported on Township special meeting.

b) Trustee Hurst- no report

c) Fire- no report

d) EMS- 21 attendees at new EMT class.

e) DPW- tentative date set for repairs to water filter – September 18th – repairs should take two days.

Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to borrow the necessary money for repairing the water filter from the vehicle replacement fund. CARRIED.

f) Supervisor- mast and meter socket on the TV Tower will be repaired next Tuesday (will take about two hours); Jim Kippola has donated to the Township an original rendition of the new Town Hall (circa 1964); he had the print framed for us.

1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

a) Stubblefield Condemnation- hearing date set for September 12th at 6:00pm at the Town Hall.

1. NEW BUSINESS:

a) Old Ambulance-

Motion by Hurst, seconded by Adams, to authorize Supervisor to find and bring back to Board information on selling the old ambulance on consignment. CARRIED.

b) Propane Gas Service- Ferrellgas has over billed the Township $4,009.66, which will be credited to our account.

Motion by Hurst, seconded by Mattila, to accept Superior Propane’s price for propane for the Town Hall & Oasis, and Ferrellgas’ price for their current service locations, based on clarification of contract wording and price indexing. CARRIED.

c) CUPPAD Membership-

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to authorize payment of the Township’s CUPPAD annual dues of $221. CARRIED.

d) CDBG Grant-

Whereas: Specific areas of failure have been identified by the Marquette County Road Commission as in need of immediate repair:

Be it therefore resolved that the Republic Township Board wishes to apply for a Community Development Block Grant to repair the problem areas that have been identified by the Marquette County Road Commission as in need of immediate repair.

Be it further resolved that those areas are identified as:
1) 22 catch basins on the main streets in South Republic that are caving in, cratering the road surface and subsurface, the repair estimate being $68,185; and,
2) A culvert which is heaving out of the ground at the lowest drainage point on 2nd street, making cross traffic difficult, with the repair estimate being $59,430; and,
3) An obsolete and semi-malfunctioning drainage system across Koeber Ave. that goes under a garage, that needs to be replaced and relocated, for a repair estimate of $59,430; and,
4) A need for curbing and drainage control to curb the erosion on the hills on 2nd st, and Koeber Ave, for a repair estimate of $78,150
The total requested grant amount is $267,585.

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to adopt the above resolution. ROLL CALL VOTE: Adams-yes, Hurst-yes, Johnson-yes, Mattila-yes, Skogman-yes. CARRIED.

e) Broadband Grant/Republic Area- grant to build out broadband service for five area townships – of which Republic is one; Broadband company wants to hold a public meeting with the Board regarding such.

f) Web Site Proposal-

Motion by Adams, seconded by Hurst, to authorize the development of a Township website and to withstand the expense and maintenance of said site; the project will be turned back to the Planning Commission for development and study, with the Planning Commission to then come back to the Board with recommendations and estimated costs. CARRIED.

g) Commission on Aging Request- they would like to feature Republic Township in their newsletter; their information form has been turned over to the Historical Society for action.

h) Schedule Town Meeting- Supervisor to coordinate & schedule the meeting for a Tuesday.

i) Copier Maintenance Contract-

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to approve the annual maintenance contract on our copier. CARRIED.

j) Lift Station Pumps- 2 major lift stations need new pumps.

k) UP Power/Tribunal Settlement-

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to authorize the Township accepts the settlement agreement with UP Power. CARRIED.

k) Concrete Work-

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Adams, to authorize the sidewalk repairs [in front of Town Hall & The Summer Place] at a total cost of $1,200. CARRIED.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT: length – 8 minutes

Motion by Mattila, seconded by Hurst, to save the bonus points [from our credit card] and any non-perishable gifts received for “National Night Out”. CARRIED.

2. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was declared adjourned at 8:30pm.

 

 

APPROVED: ___________________________

DATE : ___________________________

SIGNED : ___________________________